Parasaissetia nigra ( Nietner, 1861 )

Mille, Christian, Henderson, Rosa C., Cazères, Sylvie & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 129-176 : 134

Parasaissetia nigra ( Nietner, 1861)

Lecanium nigrum Nietner, 1861: 9 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Bourail County (Gouaro), 9.IX.2001, on twigs of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Sarraméa County, 20.X.2002, on Ananas comosus, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC); La Foa County ( IAC, SRFP), 20.XI.2002, on Psidium guajava, J. Brinon coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); the species was also intercepted from Tahiti, 3.XII.2012, on twigs of H. rosa-sinensis, E. Béné coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Cohic (1956, 1958a).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Grande Terre (Bourail and Sarraméa counties).

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Coffea arabica , C. canephora , Ficus spp. ( Cohic 1956, 1958a), Annona muricata , Helianthus annuus , Nerium oleander , Solanum melongena , Dioscorea spp., Gossypium spp., Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ( Brun & Chazeau 1980) , also found on Ananas comosus , Citrus spp., Persea americana , Psidium guajava ( Mille 2011) .

OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan.

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS.— Encyrtus infelix ( Hymenoptera : Encyrtidae ), Scutellista caerulea ( Hymenoptera : Pteromalidae ) and Lecanicillium lecanii (Zimm.) Zare & W.Gams (2001) (Fungi, Hypocreales , Cordycipitaceae ).

NOTE. — Not rated as an economic species.